Barrel-truck.



L. WILLIS.

BARREL TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 111111 2.

1,050,895, Patented Jan.21, 1913.

.WITNESSE5 LELAND WILLIS $4M I 57 HIS ATTORNEY rrn sx'rn LELAND WILLIS, OF GRENLOCI-I, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BATEMAN MANUFACTUR- ING- GOMPANY, OF GRENLOCI-I, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BARREL-TRUCK.

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

Application filed July 26, 1912. Serial No. 711,713.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LELAND TILLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Grenloch, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Barrel-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a wheeled truck intended for the support of a barrel, the objects of my invention being to simplify and cheapen the construction of the truck, to reduce to a minimum the weight of the same, to insure the firm and rigid support of the barrel, when the truck is at rest, and to adapt the truck for the reception of barrels of different sizes.

These objects I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrel truck constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of one of the barrel trunnions, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line aa, Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 1 represents the barrel and 2 the supporting wheels of the truck which turn upon horizontal end portions 3 of the axle, the central portion 4 of said axle being bowed so as to extend beneath the lower half of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 2. The barrel is disposed horizontally, as shown in Fig. 1, and has secured to each side, some distance in advance of the longitudinal center of the barrel, a trunnion 5, whose outer portion surrounds a horizontal end portion of the axle adjacent to the how 4, the inner portion of the trunnion having a recess 6, which receives an upper portion of said central bow 4, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this recess being considerably deeper than the diameter of the axle, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to permit of horizontal adjustment of the trunnion on the horizontal end portion of the axle in order to adapt it either to a barrel of relatively large diameter, as shown by full lines in Figs. 3 and 4, or to a barrel of smaller diameter, as shown by dotted lines in said figures.

The truck has a propelling handle consisting of a yoke 7 secured at its forward ends to the rear head of the barrel and extending upwardly and rearwardly from the latter, a diagonal handle brace 8 being secured at its forward end to the rear head of the barrel and extending rearwardly and upwardly from the latter to the transverse horizontal member of the yoke 7, as shown in Fig. 1.

As the pivot trunnions of the barrel are in advance of the longitudinal center of the same the barrel has a tendency-to tip downward at the rear, and in order that it may be properly supported I provide it with a downwardly projecting leg 9 secured to the rear head of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1. This leg and the wheels of the truck provide a three-point support for the barrel whereby it is rigidly maintained in position when the truck is at rest but when the handle 7 is slightly lifted the leg 9 will be raised from the ground and the truck can then be easily pushed forward, the weight of the barrel in the rear of its pivotal axis being only slightly preponderant, whereby Y the weight to be supported by the person propelling the truck is negligible.

I claim:

1. The combination, in a barrel truck, of an axle having horizontal ends and a bowed center, wheels applied to said horizontal ends of the axle, and a barrel having trunnions which receive portions of the horizontal ends of the axle and serve to pivot the barrel upon the same axis as the horizontal ends of the axle.

2. The combination, in a barrel truck, of an axle having horizontal ends and a bowed center, wheels applied to said horizontal ends of the axle, and a barrel having trunnions which receive portions of the horizontal ends of the axle and serve to pivot the barrel, said trunnions also having depending portions which partially envelop the upper ends of the bowed center of the axle.

3. The combination, in a barrel truck, of an axle having horizontal ends and a bowed center, wheels applied to said horizontal ends of the axle, and a barrel having trunnions which receive portions of the horizontal ends of the axle and serve to pivot the barrel, said trunnions also having depending portions which partially envelop the upper ends of the bowed center of the axle and contain recesses of greater depth than the diameter of the axle, whereby adjustment of the trunnions on the horizontal portions of the axle is permitted in order to accommodate the truck to barrels of different sizes.

4. The combination, in a barrel truck, of

an axle having a bowed center and horizontal ends, wheels mounted on said horizontal ends of the axle, a horizontally disposed barrel having secured to its opposite sides, in advance of its longitudinal center, trunnions which receive the horizontal ends of the axle, and a supporting leg secured to the rear portion of the barrel.

5. The combination, in a barrel truck, of

an axle having a bowed center and horizon- I tal ends, wheels on said horizontal ends of the axle, a barrel having trunnions secured to its opposite sides and receiving horizontal portions of the axle, a handle consisting of a yoke secured at its forward end to the barrel, and a diagonal brace secured at its front end'to the barrel and engaging at its rear end with the transverse member of the V yoke.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LELAND WILLIS.

Witnesses:

T. l/V. MCWHORTER, ERNEST E. UNGER,

A Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

